Improvement in bullet-ladles



UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

)Itln'l'b` BABCOQK; OF CILU{LESTO\VX, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES l". AND E. I. )[UXROE, OF FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT iN BULLET-LADLES.

Fpcciticatmn forming part of Lctters Patr-ni N0. 43,151,

T0 ull whom, it may concern.-

ittit known that I, )losas Bancone, ot" Charlestown, in the. count of Middlesex and Stat(l of iassachusettf", have invented an lmlrm-cd liullct-Ladle; and l do hereby declare that the following. taken in connection with thtl drawings which accompany and forni is specification, is a description of'` dicient toeuable those skilled g part oi' th m v invention su in the nrt to practiceit.

)ly improvement relates,prineipally, to that s, though i class of ladles` used in molding bullet applicable. of course, to pluinbers use. and to 11|(- Lwneral purposes of such au article; and the invention consists in poured (aber ltinds or forms of ladles hitherto manufacturcd.

Pigna-el of the drawings representsa top view nl' the ladle. Fig. i. an elevation of it,

' and Vlg. :i a vertical longitudinal section of it taken through the delivering nose or spout.

(1 denotes the bowl or reservoir of the ladle, l; thtl mouth or opening by which the lead is introduced into the bowl, and e the nose from which the molten lead is poured. The ladle is made bfauelongrmted form, and atop plate or root'. 1. extends from the nose over about half thcv surface ofthe bowl a. 4The spout w is placed at a considerable dista-nee below the )wel of the roof d. as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. and the front end of thc bowl is made ofa greater depth than the rear end thereof. 'lien thc molten lead fills the bowl to the. level of the nose r, as seen in Fig. 3, it will be seen that if the ladle is tipped so as to bring the nose 1o the bottom, as denoted by dotted lilies in said figures, the presence of the roof d and the capacity of the front part of the bowl are such that the lead cannot; escape over or through the top or mouth of the ladle. In practice, however, it is'A seldom necessary to a new form of cou-fi struct inn given to the ladle,whereby it can be l much more readily used and the molten lead from it more advantageously than in dated June 14,1864.

l turn the ladle so far over; but t0 whatever extent it is tipped the roof d prevents the overtlow of the lead.

1n the use ofthe common ladle. made with an open top extending entirely across the i bowhwith adepression for a spout in one side thereof, it is very troublesome to pour the lead into a bullet-mold, because, from unsteadiness of the hand, the ladle will often tip too much and pour out the lead faster than it can enter the mold, and because the dross on the surface ilows 01T with the melted metal; but with. i' my ladle the lead cannot run over the top, and as the dross can only flow from the surface it cannot pass out of the nose, the lead flowing from that part ofthe mass uextto the nose, and not from the top.

l am aware that a ladle has been made with 'I a dcliveriug-hole in the bottoni, the flow of the metall through such hole being control-led l b v a plug or valve attached to a lever; but, besides the inconvenience of handling such a 4 ladle, the plug will not always perfectly seal tht-l opening when desired, and the stream cannot be watched and guided as in in v ladle. In melting old metal iu the ladle referred ..to dirt and dross are l i spout, andy not rising tu the top as the lead iin-lts, are drawn off when the spout. is opened. These objections to this ladle have prevented its u loptioi1,atid l have overcome thet'n in the article made by me, :Ls will be readily seen.

The spout is always in sight where it can be properly directed, no dross can pass into or through the spout, and the lead cannot tlow overthe top.

1 claim- Asa new article of manufacture, the improved bullet ladle made substantially as herein shown and described.

MOSES BABCOCK.

Palmers GoULD, S. M. Mclmma.

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